VIVALDI-ANTENNE

A directional, wideband, planar antenna arrangement is a class of Vivaldi aerial constructed as a plurality of conductive layers disposed on at least one substrate layer. The conductive layers are arranged to form a flared notch, which widens from a closed end to an open end, and is arranged to conform to a hybrid curve. The hybrid curve comprises a plurality of self-similar curve sections, and, as the flare widens, each successive curve section is scaled up by a scaling factor and joined at its wider end with a neighboring curve section. The hybrid flared notch can also be implemented in antipodal and balanced antipodal Vivaldi aerials.